Happy new year..even if it's already the 10th....

So, I do want to wish everyone a happy new year! Here is hoping this year is filled with love, luck and happiness for you.

My first 10 days of the new year have been busy. I have been doing a lot of sewing--so much so that my hip is killing me:  I had my sewing machine's presser foot out of place, and it has turned my hip out so much that it's painful to walk, but I'll be OK...I moved it, so now I have to get used to it in a position that won't make me walk funny anymore.  I also found an amazingly cute font on Pinterest, and I have re-done my printed things (labels, business cards, etc) using the new font.  I'm not much for logos, so I don't use one. I like to decorate them with rubber stamps, and that's how I create the design for them. I am also trying to work on getting labels done for my work:  I have been using iron-ons on twill tape or ribbon, but I am not loving it.  I am thinking I want to try embroidered labels, but they are not cheap...

Although I have created many new things to list on Etsy, I haven't been able to list anything.  Why, you ask??? My camera battery is dying, and it won't hold a charge for more than 10 or 15 pictures.  I need a new one, but I just don't have the money to do it right now...hopefully by next week I will have the extra money, since you have to spend a little money to make a little money.

I've been trying to use some of the supplies I already have to make things--I have a ton of purse-making supplies that I got on clearance at Jo-Ann last year (before I started working there), and I have started working with that stuff.  I have also been trying to use up some fabric that I have been saving--saving for what? I don't know....I see something, like it, buy it, and don't always use it.